...From this we see that the Joshua of today is having his filthy garments exchanged for white robes, for the righteousness of Christ. - {1TG8 23.3} Verse 5—And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord stood by. - {1TG8 23.4} Not only is he clothed in a white garment, but he is also crowned with a fair mitre. And what could such a mitre denote other than the authority vested 1Timely Greetings, 8 Page 23 1TG8 p24 in him as Heavens appointed ruler? As such he is clothed from his head to his feet, and the angel of the Lord stood by. What a gift! and what a bodyguard for one to have in a world such as ours! In spite of it, though, human beings are very slow and hesitant to take their stand on the Lords side. Most of them had rather lean on a man. - {1TG8 23.5} Verse 8—Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth My servant the Branch. - {1TG8 24.1} Not only Joshua, but also those who sit before him (the congregation) are admonished to hear this charge. And what kind of men are they?—Men wondered at. This symbolism shows that at the fulfilment of this prophecy the angel of the church of the Laodiceans is no longer in charge of the Lords house, and that Gods people are to be made up wholly of men wondered at! - {1TG8 24.2} Obviously, then, as a result of this revival and reformation within the Laodicean church, another church emerges of which Joshua is in charge, not the angel of Laodicea. In it there are to be neither tares (Matt. 13:30), bad fish (Matt. 13:47, 48), or goats (Matt. 25:32). The Laodicean, the seventh, is the last that is commingled with hypocrites, saints and sinners. - {1TG8 24.3}
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